Computing at Frant
Intent - Train up a child...
- AWARENESS - To promote online safety across the school community and for children to know how to be safe online.
- To SUPPORT children and to ensure they have exposure of and to experience using office products and a range of software to support their learning and to make sure that they are ready for Secondary School.
- To be able to use a range of devices effectively to complete simple tasks (for example; turning the computer on and off correctly - not just holding down the button!
Implementation
To achieve our intentions, around the school you will see:
- Parental workshops to help and support at home and at school.
- Up to date information sent out to parents.
- Digital Leaders within school to promote online safety in and around school.
- To ensure that the curriculum is progressive and skills are built upon.
- Online safety is part of ALL Computing lessons that we teach.
- Children have access to and exposure of lots of different software and devices.
- Technology used across a range of lessons, not just Computing.
Impact
The impact can be measued by:
- Come to our parent workshops! Details about our next one will be soon, so keep an eye out.
- Conversations with the children and regular reminders about how we stay safe online.
- Ask your children what they know and talk about online safety at home - you'd be surprised how much they know!
- Children are able to access technology and complete tasks - independently.
- Children are confident using different devices.
Teach Computing
At Frant, we use the Computing Scheme, Teach Computing as the basis for our Computing curriculum. We also enocorporate 1 Online Safety lesson in every term for all classes.
The documents below show what each year group will be learning in Computing this year as well as a whole school overview.
Useful websites
